by Mary Wisniewski | May 13, 2026“Scaramouche” Is a Swashbuckling Good Time The musical version of the classic novel makes its world debut at City Lit Theater, a comedy-adventure-romance mixed with dueling and song.
by Dennis Polkow | June 5, 2023Best Production of the Best Musical: A Review of “West Side Story” at Lyric Opera
by Dennis Polkow | January 27, 2022Sondheim’s Final Score & Last Word: Chameleon Composer, Wordsmith of Wordsmiths
by Aaron Hunt | September 30, 2019Escape with Rosina: The Barber of Seville at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Erin Shea Brady | May 13, 2019New Side, Same Story: A Review of West Side Story at Lyric Opera of Chicago
by Dennis Polkow | July 6, 2015The Play Is the Sing: Longtime Stephen Sondheim Collaborator Paul Gemignani on “The Shakespeare of Music”
by Dennis Polkow | September 22, 2010First Ladies: Tony-winning director Mary Zimmerman prepares her musical debut while Chicago Shakespeare founder Barbara Gaines takes on the opera
